James hazelton



(No Model.)

T J. HAZELTON.

BUCKLE.

N0. 357,597. Patented Feb. 15, 1887'.

N PETERS. Phntmhigrapher, Washingon, 0.6v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'JAMES HAZELTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,597, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed October 12. 1886. Serial No. 215,976. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES HAZELTON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to that class of buckles inwhich two loose rings are employed for clamping the strap or other like article between them; and it consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter described for promoting the efficiency of such buckles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of a buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The letter D indicates the buckle-frame, the body of which is substantially fiat, it being of sheet metal, and which is constructed with a raised loop or shackle, G, into which are fitted the clamping-rings A B for connecting the latter with the frame, both rings'being left loose or detached for permitting free play thereof independently of each other.

The shackle 0 extends longitudinally of the frame D with respect to the position of the buckle when it is in use; and hence the clamping-rings A B are capable of adjustment in that direction, thereby accommodating themselves to the end of the strap or other article that may be clamped in the rings.

At one end of the frame D is a transverse slot, I, adapted to receive the end E of a strap or other like article, so that the frame may be affixed to the strap by that means. I

In applying the buckle to use upon a stra the free end F of the strap is drawn upward through the projecting portions of both rings and thence downward over the upper ring, A, and under the lower ring, B, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, forming in the strap a return-bend, the tendency of Which is to force the upper into the lower ring, with the effect of firmly clamping the strap between the rings when u the strap is tightened.

It will be noticed that by the raised shackle G the clamping-rings A B are kept in a position above the fiat body of the frame D, and by this means said rings are rendered convenient of access in use, while an uninterrupted bearing is left on the bottom of the'fraine, which is a desideratum, and by the arrangement of both rings in one and the same shackle the utmost freedom of motion is afforded thereto for adjusting themselves in relation to each nation of the flat metallic frame D, having the raised longitudinal shackle (land the loose strap-clamping rings A B, both fitted in said shackle, thereby maintaining a position above the frame, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York.

JAMES HAZELTON. Witnesses:

GEORGE GRAY, GHAs. WAHLERS. 

